Sarah Bernhardt Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.”

“I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.”

“Legend remains victorious in spite of history.”

“Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.”

“The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.”

“Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'”

“Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.”

“I do love cricket - it's so very English.”

“The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.”

“It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.”